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District Court, E.D. Arkansas · Sep 2, 2025
Qualified immunity protects government officials from liability for damages “insofar as their conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person [in their positions … so, was that right clearly established at the time of the defendant’s alleged misconduct.
Cited 0 timesUnknown229 F. Supp. 205 · District Court, E.D. Arkansas · May 6, 1964
At the time of petitioner’s arrest, the fact that a felony had been committed was clearly established. … (emphasis added) The evidence adduced at the hearing on this petition, as well as the record from the state court trial, clearly and positively establishes that petitioner’s mother freely, voluntarily, intelligently and understandingly
Cited 19 timesPublishedDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · Oct 13, 2021
Qualified immunity may shield a government official from liability when his or her conduct does not violate “clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known.” … But at the time Plaintiff raised his concerns, there was no clearly-established right as to prison ventilation and Covid-19 protocol. Accordingly, Defendant Straughn is entitled to qualified immunity.
Cited 0 timesUnknownDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · Sep 15, 2020
Qualified Immunity Defendants argue they are entitled to dismissal based on the doctrine of qualified immunity. … Qualified immunity protects government officials who acted in an objectively reasonable manner and shields an official from liability when his or her conduct does not violate “clearly established statutory or constitutional
Cited 0 timesUnknownDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · Sep 5, 2023
Discussion Nurse Huddleston argues that she is entitled to qualified immunity because Balentine has failed to show she violated a clearly established constitutional right. … immunity analysis, it need not address the second “clearly established” prong. 2.
Cited 0 timesUnknownDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · Jan 12, 2024
clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known.” … And, even if there was sufficient evidence, I find Defendants are also entitled to qualified immunity under the second prong because the law was not clearly established that a reduction of out-of-cell exercise for the duration
Cited 0 timesUnknownDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · Jun 8, 2021
Qualified Immunity Defendants contend they are entitled to qualified immunity on Plaintiff’s personal capacity claims against them. (Doc. No. 59 at 23.) … Qualified immunity protects government officials who acted in an objectively reasonable manner and shields an official from liability when his or her conduct does not violate “clearly established statutory or constitutional
Cited 0 timesUnknownDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · Sep 22, 2020
Trooper Ziegenhorn seeks qualified immunity here. … The Court therefore denies Ziegenhorn qualified immunity on this claim without prejudice.
Cited 0 timesUnknownDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · Oct 25, 2023
Qualified immunity protects government officials from § 1983 liability for damages if their conduct “does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known. … Defendants are entitled to qualified immunity if: (1) the evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to Plaintiff, does not establish a constitutional violation; or (2) the constitutional right was not clearly established
Cited 0 timesUnknownWilliams v. Greene County, Arkansas
District Court, E.D. Arkansas · Oct 21, 2024
Williams’s no-qualified- immunity argument fails based on binding precedent. Is Calaway’s Giglio decision entitled to qualified immunity? Yes. … The right at issue here—whether a state prosecutor’s Giglio letter implicates a local law enforcement officer’s liberty interest—is not clearly established.
Cited 0 timesUnknownDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · Aug 17, 2020
the violation of a clearly established constitutional right. … Qualified immunity protects government officials “from liability for civil damages insofar as their conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have
Cited 0 timesUnknown583 F. Supp. 629 · District Court, E.D. Arkansas · Aug 18, 1983
Grigsby clearly raised the issue. Mr. … If this view is incorrect, i.e., if this Court’s rulings are upheld only upon the basis of the evidentiary proof that establishes that death qualified juries are factually unrepresentative and guilt-prone, then it might further
Cited 4 timesPublishedTudor v. Members of Arkansas State Parks
83 F.R.D. 165 · District Court, E.D. Arkansas · Jul 30, 1979
Obviously, since the sovereign can refuse to waive its immunity to suit, it can place restrictions or qualifications on those who seek to take advantage of a waiver of immunity. … . § 2409a(c) to be for that specific purpose, to qualify or limit those who can litigate title disputes involving lands in which the United States claims an interest.
Cited 2 timesPublishedDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · Jun 27, 2023
Qualified immunity shields a police officer from liability unless the officer violates a constitutional or statutory right that was so clearly established that a reasonable officer would have known that his or her actions … The parties have provided no precedent establishing this right, and therefore it is not clearly established.
Cited 0 timesUnknownDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · Mar 31, 2021
The proper standard for addressing qualified immunity at the Rule 12(b)(6) stage is whether immunity is established on the face of the complaint. Hafley v. … clearly established.
Cited 0 timesUnknownDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · Sep 24, 2021
was clearly established at the time of the defendant’s alleged misconduct.” … Under the second prong of the qualified immunity analysis, “the plaintiff must demonstrate the law was clearly established.” Monroe v. Ark. State Univ., 495 F.3d 591, 594 (8th Cir. 2007).
Cited 0 timesUnknown483 F. Supp. 1372 · District Court, E.D. Arkansas · Mar 7, 1980
The result is clearly an unrepresentative jury. But cases like Taylor v. … The State’s right to appeal this preliminary determination, should it choose to do so, is, of course, set forth clearly in Rule 36.10 of A.R.Cr.P. 2 .
Modified by Grigsby v. Mabry, 637 F.2d 525 (1980)Cited 28 timesPublishedDillon v. Searcy Police Department
District Court, E.D. Arkansas · Sep 10, 2021
The Court finds that, on the record evidence presented, Officer Toler’s “entry did not violate clearly established law,” and he is therefore entitled to qualified immunity. Pearson v. … Dillon has failed to establish a violation of her First Amendment rights on the record evidence before the Court, and Officer Toler is entitled to qualified immunity on Ms.
Cited 0 timesUnknownDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · May 27, 2025
Qualified immunity protects government officials from suits for damages under § 1983 “insofar as their conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person [in their … right; and (2) the right was clearly established at the time of the deprivation.”
Cited 0 timesUnknownDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · Oct 24, 2019
“Qualified immunity attaches when an official’s conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known.” … immunity on the basis that such a right is not clearly established.
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